Icon SD for custom home screen vs DotIllustration
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Icon SD for custom home screen
Easily design custom icons for your device's home screen. Personalize with template colors, numerous symbols, and your own photos as backgrounds. Adjust foreground and background colors, and add icon borders for a unique look.
- Create custom icons
- Use own photos for background
- Template colors
- Many symbols available
- Choose foreground color
- Choose background color
- Icon border customization
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Create icons for Shortcuts app. Features: template colors. many symbols use my photo to background. choose foreground color. choose background color. icon border.
DotIllustration
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I wanted to make a dot game, so I made an app for drawing dots. Version 2.0 I implemented a zoom function. Version 2.1 Bug fixes Version 2.2 Minor fixes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DotIllustration at none against Icon SD for custom home screen's 1. DotIllustration also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Icon SD for custom home screen's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Icon SD for custom home screen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DotIllustration asks for nothing beyond the download.
Icon SD for custom home screen ships an update every 2 months, DotIllustration weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Icon SD for custom home screen | DotIllustration |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (81 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daisuke Suzuki | Tomohiro Adachi |
Bugs and requests
Icon SD for custom home screen
Reported bugs
10 issues- Background images not loading
- Cannot save images
- App stops working
- Widgets bugged
- Icons misaligned after iOS update
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- App crashes after update
- Transparent icons not working
- Text color not reflecting
- Cannot open apps after changing icons
- Notification badges not visible
Requested features
10 requests- Support for iOS 26
- Support for large icons (iOS 18)
- Add reset function
- More icon variations
- Add more symbols
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- Support for iPad Pro
- Add 'News' icon
- Add game icons
- Add icons for common apps (LINE, Twitter, TikTok, etc.)
- Improve icon alignment
DotIllustration
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Icon SD for custom home screen
- Pro version.$6.99
DotIllustration
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Icon SD for custom home screen free?
Is DotIllustration free?
Do Icon SD for custom home screen or DotIllustration have ads?
Which is updated more often, Icon SD for custom home screen or DotIllustration?
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